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BambooHR vs Greenhouse
BambooHR, an HR platform with an applicant tracking system inside it, against Greenhouse, a standalone applicant tracking system, on price, job openings per plan, and interview kits and scorecards, all taken from the vendors' own pages on September 10, 2026. Yardstick is our product and appears once, as a third option at the end.
How this page works.
- 1Every fact is from the vendor's own page, checked on September 10, 2026.The one exception is the Greenhouse MCP status, which was checked on September 8, 2026. Vendors change pages. Check the vendor's pricing page before you sign anything.
- 2These are different kinds of product.BambooHR is an HR platform with an applicant tracking system inside it. Greenhouse is an applicant tracking system on its own. The table compares only the hiring parts, and says so where a row does not apply.
- 3We do not pick a winner.The page sticks to what you can check today: what each vendor publishes about price, how many openings each plan allows, and whether interview kits and scorecards are on the page.
- 4Yardstick is our product.It appears once, at the end, as a third option. Everything above that section is about the two of them.
What each one is.
BambooHR
BambooHR is an HR platform sold in three plans, Core, Pro, and Elite, priced per employee per month: $10, $17, and $25. Companies with 25 or fewer employees pay a flat $250 a month, volume discounts apply as headcount grows, and terms are month to month or extended. A 15% nonprofit discount is published.
The applicant tracking system is on every plan, with a candidate record, job posting, and email and offer letter templates, and it allows 5 job openings on Core, 25 on Pro, and 50 on Elite. E-signatures and a new hire packet are on every plan. BambooHR's applicant tracking page describes candidate self-scheduling from preset options, custom permissions, automatic alerts, and in-system messaging for hiring as a team, offer letter templates that auto-populate, posting to Indeed, ZipRecruiter, and LinkedIn, a BambooHR Hiring mobile app, and more than 150 integrations.
BambooHR's AI features are tiered on the HR side: HR data questions on Core, company policies and documents on Pro, and benchmark questions and analysis on Elite. Neither page we checked mentions interview guides, scorecards, API access by plan, or an MCP server.
Greenhouse
Greenhouse is a standalone applicant tracking system sold in three tiers, Core, Plus, and Pro. Its pricing page says pricing is customized based on your company's hiring needs and publishes no figure, billing basis, minimum term, free tier, or trial.
Structured interview kits and scorecards are on every tier, including Core, alongside an AI notetaker, scorecard attribute suggestions, interview question suggestions, job post suggestions, e-Signature, and bulk offers. AI-powered report filters and Sourcing Automation are on Plus and Pro. A developer sandbox and sandbox sync are on Pro.
Greenhouse MCP is in open beta on Core, Plus, and Pro, with access and pricing arranged through your account team. The pricing page we checked does not name BambooHR or any other HRIS, so integration with an HR platform is a question for the account team.
Side by side, as published on September 10, 2026.
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| Dimension | BambooHR | Greenhouse |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An HR platform sold per employee: HR data, onboarding, time off, payroll and benefits administration, performance, and an applicant tracking system, in three plans (Core, Pro, Elite). | An applicant tracking system with candidate sourcing, interviewing, and offer tooling, in three tiers (Core, Plus, Pro). Sold as an applicant tracking system, not an HR platform. |
| Published price | BambooHR Core is $10 per employee a month, BambooHR Pro is $17, and BambooHR Elite is $25. Companies with 25 or fewer employees pay a flat $250 a month. Volume discounts apply as headcount grows, and a 15% nonprofit discount is published. | Not published. The Greenhouse pricing page says pricing is customized based on your company's hiring needs, across the Core, Plus, and Pro tiers. |
| Billing and term | Per employee per month. BambooHR offers flexible month-to-month terms or an extended term. | Not published. No billing basis, minimum term, free tier, or trial appears on the pricing page we checked. |
| Job openings per plan | 5 job openings on Core, 25 on Pro, and 50 on Elite. | No cap is published on the pricing page. |
| Interview kits and scorecards | Neither the pricing page nor the applicant tracking page we checked mentions interview guides, kits, or scorecards. The applicant tracking page lists candidate self-scheduling from preset options, custom permissions, automatic alerts, and in-system messaging for hiring as a team. | Structured interview kits and scorecards are on every tier, including Core, along with scorecard attribute suggestions and interview question suggestions. |
| Offers and e-signature | Email and offer letter templates, e-signatures, and a new hire packet are on every plan. | e-Signature and bulk offers are on every tier. |
| AI | AI features are tiered on the HR side: HR data questions on Core, company policies and documents on Pro, benchmark questions and analysis on Elite. No AI feature is listed for the applicant tracking system. | An AI notetaker, scorecard attribute suggestions, interview question suggestions, and job post suggestions are on every tier. AI-powered report filters and Sourcing Automation are on Plus and Pro. |
| API and agent access | The pricing page does not list API access by plan. The applicant tracking page cites more than 150 integrations and a BambooHR Hiring mobile app. No MCP server is mentioned. | A developer sandbox and sandbox sync are on Pro. Greenhouse MCP is in open beta on Core, Plus, and Pro, with access and pricing from your account team. |
Where the two actually differ.
BambooHR prices the whole company; Greenhouse prices the hiring.
BambooHR's bill is per employee per month, $10 to $25 depending on plan, or a flat $250 a month at 25 or fewer employees, because you are buying HR data, onboarding, time off, and payroll administration alongside the applicant tracking system. Greenhouse quotes a price for hiring tooling alone. A 60-person company on BambooHR Core pays a published $600 a month for the Core plan, before any volume discount; the same company gets a Greenhouse number from a sales call.
Interview kits and scorecards are on the Greenhouse page and not on the BambooHR page.
Greenhouse lists structured interview kits and scorecards on Core, its entry tier, with AI suggestions for scorecard attributes and interview questions. BambooHR's pricing page and its applicant tracking page describe candidate self-scheduling, team permissions, alerts, and messaging, and do not mention interview guides or scorecards. If a written interview plan and a shared scorecard are the reason you are shopping, that is the row to ask BambooHR about before you buy.
BambooHR caps job openings by plan; Greenhouse publishes no cap.
BambooHR Core allows 5 job openings, Pro allows 25, and Elite allows 50. A team that runs more than five openings at once needs Pro at $17 per employee a month rather than Core at $10. Greenhouse's pricing page publishes no cap on openings, so there is no published limit to check your plan against.
Greenhouse documents an MCP server and a developer sandbox; BambooHR's page does not.
Greenhouse lists a developer sandbox and sandbox sync on Pro, and Greenhouse MCP in open beta on every tier, with access arranged through your account team. BambooHR's pricing page does not list API access by plan, and neither page we checked mentions an MCP server. If you want your own coding agent running the admin, Greenhouse has published an answer; BambooHR's is not on the pages we checked.
If neither fits: a third option.
If you already run BambooHR for HR and want the interview itself to be better than a candidate record and a self-scheduling link, but you are not ready for an enterprise-weight ATS and a sales quote, Yardstick is built for that shape: a standalone ATS that starts with the interview and bills on open roles.
Yardstick designs the interview guide and scorecard for the role you are hiring, so every candidate has the same important conversation, is scored on the same scale, and the interview produces evidence about who will perform in this job. The AI drafts the guide and the scorecard; your team edits them and makes every hiring decision. Interviewers open the guide on a magic link, with no paid seats to buy. Structured interviews, scorecards, scheduling, a talent CRM, and the public API are on every account, including the free one.
Yardstick pricing is billed on open roles: the first three Jobs are free, then Yardstick Core is $49 a month plus $29 per open role, billed monthly, and Yardstick Scale is $149 a month plus $19 per open role. One open role on Yardstick Core is $78 a month, two are $107, and three are $136. A role you close stops billing the next month. Interviewers and hiring managers are never charged as seats, and the bill does not move with your headcount.
The agent path is your own agent. You chat with Claude Code or Codex, it runs the yardstick CLI, and the actions that matter wait for your approval: publishing a job, advancing or rejecting a candidate, emailing one. Claude and ChatGPT can connect over MCP on every account, free included.
Yardstick is not an HRIS. It does not do payroll, benefits, time off, or an employee record, so it sits next to BambooHR rather than replacing it, and it is not built for a thousand-person organization standardizing a global process. SSO, SCIM, and audit logs are on the Enterprise plan.
See how Yardstick compares with Greenhouse. For seven systems lined up against Greenhouse on price and interviewing, see Greenhouse alternatives. For which ATS vendors document an MCP server today, see agent-operable ATS. Full Yardstick pricing is on the pricing page. If you are already on Greenhouse, the import path is at switch from Greenhouse.
Common questions about BambooHR vs Greenhouse.
Is BambooHR an ATS?
BambooHR includes an applicant tracking system inside its HR platform, on every plan. It is sold per employee per month as part of the platform, not as a standalone ATS, and it allows 5 job openings on Core, 25 on Pro, and 50 on Elite. Greenhouse is a standalone ATS.
Is BambooHR or Greenhouse cheaper?
Only one of them publishes a price. BambooHR is $10, $17, or $25 per employee a month, or a flat $250 a month at 25 or fewer employees. Greenhouse's pricing page says pricing is customized to your hiring needs and publishes no figure. You can put a BambooHR number on paper today; the Greenhouse number comes from a quote.
Does BambooHR have interview scorecards?
Not on the pages we checked on September 10, 2026. BambooHR's pricing page and applicant tracking page describe self-scheduling, team permissions, alerts, and in-system messaging, and do not mention interview guides, kits, or scorecards. Greenhouse lists structured interview kits and scorecards on every tier. Ask BambooHR directly before you rely on either answer.
Can I use Greenhouse with BambooHR?
BambooHR's applicant tracking page cites more than 150 integrations, and Greenhouse's pricing page does not list integrations by name. Neither page we checked names the other, so confirm the specific integration with each vendor before you plan on it.
Which one has an API or an MCP server?
Greenhouse lists a developer sandbox and sandbox sync on Pro, and Greenhouse MCP in open beta on Core, Plus, and Pro, with access and pricing from your account team. BambooHR's pricing page does not list API access by plan, and no MCP server appears on either BambooHR page we checked.
What if neither fits?
Yardstick, our product, is a standalone ATS that designs the interview guide and scorecard for each role and bills on open roles: the first three Jobs are free, then $49 a month plus $29 per open role, billed monthly with no minimum term. The public API, CLI, and MCP are on every account, including free. It is not an HRIS.
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